A businessman — and Gadhafi associate — who was convicted in a 2007 prostitution ring bust reveals all the dirty secrets of how models (and even some Hollywood actresses) swarm the hotels and yacht parties during the fest; says one escort, it’s “the biggest payday of the year.”

The Oscar-winning director is back on the Croisette with “The Bling Ring,” seven years after “Marie Antoinette” famously was booed. Now the one-time “it” girl is opening up at last about filmmaking, her father, her first marriage and the childhood tragedy that still haunts her.

The legendary producer opens up about his reported $23 million budget from HBO, whether the flamboyant singer could be “out” today and what he thinks of awards: “The Academy hates it when I talk that way.”